

You can add a wall sweep to a wall from a 3D or elevation view. Use the Sweep tool to add a baseboard, crown molding, or other type of decorative horizontal or vertical projection to a wall. You can model stacked walls, composed of 2 or more subwalls stacked on top of each other. You can modify a wall type to define the structure of vertically compound walls using layers or regions.

When walls intersect, Revit creates a butt join by default and cleans up the display in plan view, removing visible edges between the joined walls and their corresponding component layers. When defining the shape of a wall, follow these best practices for successful modeling.

Best Practices: Wall Shapes or Openings.When adding walls, follow these best practices for successful modeling and to improve productivity.įollow these best practices when modeling elliptical walls. You can also change the type for an existing wall at any time. When you create a wall, you specify its type. If your design calls for a different shape of profile, or for openings in the wall, you can edit the wall’s elevation profile in a section view or an elevation view. In most cases, when you place a straight wall, it has a rectangular profile when viewed in elevations looking perpendicular to its length. By attaching a wall to another element, you avoid the need to manually edit the wall profile when the design changes. Like other basic elements in a building model, walls are instances of predefined system family types, which represent standard varieties of wall function, composition, and thickness.Ĭreate advanced wall types using the ellipse and partial ellipse draw tools.Īdd one or more instances of a specific type of architectural wall to the building model.Īfter placing a wall, you can override its initial top and base constraints by attaching its top or base to another element in the same vertical plane.
